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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The regional bank Caisse d’Épargne Aquitaine-Poitou-Charentes (group BPCE) has announced the recruitment of 200 employees on permanent employment contract by 2020. Jobs are provided in the region Nouvelle Aquitaine for commercial positions. 60% of the positions are created in the Bordeaux metropolitan area. The bank is seeking specific profiles with digitalisation skill (digital marketing, data analyst, financial engineering). According to the source, even if the bank reduces its network of agencies, it needs more expertise to satisfy their customers' expectations.
Sources
21 May 2018: Sud-Ouest
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Caisse d’Épargne Aquitaine-Poitou-Charentes, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 94086, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94086.
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